Kaiser Permanente
Infection Preventionist V, Regional Program (KFHP/H) - NE
Pleasanton, CA
Jul 12, 2025
Full-time
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Job Summary:
In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for building and maintaining relationships with peer groups (e.g., infection prevention, sterilization); identifying and escalating issues and blockers of standardized of care across the continuum of care to senior leaders; adapting and implementing surveillance and regulatory reporting programs within medical centers and facilities within the region; monitoring protocols and workflows at regional facilities; driving reporting (e.g., regional scoreboard, scorecard, dashboard) at local facilities; listening and responding to medical centers, facilities, and physician groups on region-specific infection prevention and control protocols and policies; supporting region-wide infection prevention educational programs; and participating in situation management related to exposures, recalls, and other events that put patients and the organization at exposure risk.
Essential Responsibilities:
  • Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders. Listens, responds to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentors junior team members. Practices self-leadership; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; influences team members within assigned team or unit. Adapts to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Models team collaboration within and across teams.
  • Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promotes adherence to all procedures and policies. Partners internally and externally to make effective business decisions; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates and delegates resources to accomplish organizational goals. Recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities; evaluates recommendations made; influences the completion of project tasks by others.
  • Educates others on infection prevention and control by: engaging in follow up consultations with hospital and clinical staff and patients on infection prevention and control and new patient care equipment; assessing and addressing learning needs of customers and integrating feedback to meet needs; and designing and delivering program-wide infection prevention and control educational programs and materials for general orientation and clinical departments.
  • Provides expertise in epidemiology by: analyzing and summarizing rates and trends of occupational exposure to infectious disease(s); and reviewing infection prevention and control policies and/or workflows related to occupational health.
  • Utilizes epidemiological principles to conduct surveillance by: identifying infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics and escalating findings to leaders; coordinating with senior staff to implement surveillance programs to monitor infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics; and synthesizing, escalating, and reporting findings from investigations following infection control problems, disease outbreaks, exposure, epidemics, and pandemics to senior staff.
  • Participating in performance improvement initiatives by: analyzing and evaluating infection prevention and control programs to identify areas of improvement; selecting and deploying performance improvement tools to implement in continuous improvement initiatives; ensuring customer needs and expectations are being heard/considered in the design of processes, products, and/or services; evaluating progress of performance improvement initiatives and providing recommendations to alleviate routine issues or blockers to performance improvement initiatives; and serving as a member of and participating in performance improvement committees and teams.
  • Engages in ongoing surveillance by: proactively monitoring and analyzing infection cases in relation to an annual infection prevention and control program plan; developing and implementing organizational infection prevention and control program(s); interpreting and aligning KP and national (e.g., Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], National Healthcare Safety Network [NHSN]) standards to develop infection prevention and control policies and protocols; conducting routine on-site visits to assess clinical space and practices related to infection prevention/control (e.g., patient waiting areas, respiratory etiquette station, cleaning procedures, sterilization); and facilitating compliance with local, state, and federal regulatory and accreditation standards and ensuring mandatory reporting requirements are being met.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Minimum two (2) years of experience in infection prevention, clinical quality management, or a directly related field.
  • Masters degree in Nursing, Public Health, Epidemiology, Microbiology, or related field AND minimum five (5) years of health care/professional experience INCLUDING minimum two (2) years of experience in patient management, occupational health, clinical rounds, laboratory, public health, or a directly related field OR Bachelors degree in Nursing, Public Health, Microbiology, or related field AND minimum seven (7) years of health care/professional experience INCLUDING minimum four (4) years of experience in patient management, occupational health, clinical rounds, laboratory, public health, or a directly related field OR Registered Nurse (RN) License (without a Bachelors degree) AND minimum nine (9) years of health care/professional experience INCLUDING minimum six (6) years of experience in patient management, occupational health, clinical rounds, laboratory, public health, or a directly related field OR Minimum ten (10) years of experience in patient management, occupational health, clinical rounds, laboratory, public health, or a directly related field.

  • Infection Control Certificate within 24 months of hire
Additional Requirements:
  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Information Gathering; Change Management; Business Documentation; Business Process Improvement; Critical Facility Operations Knowledge; Facilities Management/Operations; Operational Excellence; Preventative Maintenance; Risk Management; Issues and Crisis Management; Written Communication; Compliance Management; Confidentiality; Safety and Environmental Health Management; Health Care Compliance; Maintain Files and Records; Health Care Data Analytics; Health Care Outcome Data; Trend Analysis; Consulting; Quality Assurance Process; Hazard Mitigation; Emergency Preparedness; Patient Safety; Laboratory Procedures; Bloodborne Pathogen Knowledge

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Infection Preventionist V, Regional Program (KFHP/H) - NE
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Jul 12, 2025
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